摘要

The urban construction area and heating energy consumption in northern China have been increasing greatly in recent years. At the same time, a large amount of low-grade industrial waste heat is released directly to the environment in most industrial plants. To meet the district heating demands and recover the industrial waste heat simultaneously, high-efficiency centrifugal heat pumps are applied for district heating and heat recovery. A permanent-magnetic synchronous frequency-convertible (PSF) centrifugal heat pump is developed which has a much higher COP in comparison with that of conventional heat pumps. In a district heating project with waste heat recovery from industry, testing results have shown that COP of a 500RT PSF centrifugal heat pump could reach 7.1, and the total system COP of the district heating system reaches 4.8. The operating cost for one heating season is just 40.3% of gas-fired boiler heating system. The emission of Carbon Dioxide is reduced by 60.6% and 563% when compared with coal-fired boiler and gas-fired boiler heating system, respectively. This shows that application of PSF centrifugal heat pumps to recover the low-grade industrial waste heat for district heating are quite attractive in the north of China cities.